Table 7. Estimates (slope ± standard error) of the GLMMs fitted to 6-hour interval mean values of flight variables recorded in commuting flights or foraging trips tracked at all sampling frequencies.
| Flight variables | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictors | Mean Maximum altitude | Mean Cross-country speed | Mean Maximum distance | Mean Duration |
| Thermal Uplift | 0.34 ± 0.03 *** | -0.02 ± 0.08 | 0.28 ± 0.04 *** | 0.04 ± 0.02 |
| Orographic Uplift | -1.29 ± 0.21 (ASTER)*** | -0.48 ± 0.56 (ASTER) | 0.68 ± 0.79 (SRTM) | 2.47 ± 0.97 (SRTM) * |
| Colony (EBD) | - | - | -0.11 ± 0.08 *** | -0.002 ± 0.08 |
| Colony*Thermal Uplift | - | - | -0.22 ± 0.05 *** | -0.10 ± 0.05 |
We indicate the orographic uplift model used to test its influence on each flight variable. Statistically significant variables are shown in bold
* p<0.25
*** p<0.001
Sample size = 533.